Konichiwa Japan! Modi reaches out with tweets in Japanese

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is slated to embark on a visit to Japan beginning August 30, had a surprise for the people of the country on Thursday morning. Just days ahead of his visit, the Prime Minister posted some tweets in Japanese to communicate his thoughts.

Modi said that he was asked by “friends from Japan” to talk to the people in the country directly.

Here’s what the Prime Minister tweeted in Japanese and its translation in English: